{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-licensed-hire-cars-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-licensed-hire-cars-regulations-2009/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2863",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Services (Operation by Licensed Hire Cars) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-licensed-hire-cars-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "These Regulations apply in relation to a vehicle which is a licensed hire car for the purposes of section 12 of the 1985 Act at any time when that vehicle is being used to provide a local service under a special licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Licensed hire car” for the purposes of section 12 is defined in section 13(3) of the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Local service” is defined in section 2 of the 1985 Act; see also section 12(6) of the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“Special licence” is defined in section 12(2) of the 1985 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2863/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:24.120224+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}